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Dr. James McGrath is the Clarence L. Goodwin chair in New Testament language and literature at Butler University. He earned his degree in religious studies from the university of Cambridge in 1993 before earning a Phd in philosophy from the university of Durham. Dr. McGrath has written many books surrounding the life of Jesus and New Testament history, and has also written about the show "Dr....

Dr. Frank Thielman is the presbyterian chair of divinity at Beeson Divinity School. He’s also an ordained PCA minister.  Dr. Thielman is the author of many books and commentaries. His academic work is broad but focuses most on the New Testament and the apostle Paul.  In March of this year he published a new book, “Paul Apostle of Grace.” In it, he follows Paul’s entire life in a detailed historica...

Dr. Adam Mabry is the senior pastor of Aletheia Church in Cambridge, MA. Adam earned a masters from Reformed Theological Seminary, a DMin from Gordon-Connell theological seminary and a PhD from the University of Aberdeen. He now serves on the faculty of Every Nation Seminary. Adam has written several books, including "When God Seems Gone: Finding Hope when Nothing Makes Sense."

Rev. Willie Dwayne Francois III is associate professor of theology, director of the master of professional studies program, and co-faculty director of the doctor of ministry program at Union Theological seminary. He’s also the senior pastor of fountain Baptist church in summit, New Jersey, and president of the black church center for justice and equality- a national think tank and policy advocacy...

This week, Will talks with Drs. Christy Cobb and Katherine Shaner about what the New testament has to say about slavery and what it looked like in the surrounding world. They also talk about how to read those difficult passages in the New Testament which don’t condemn slavery in the way we might like.  Dr. Christy Cobb is Associate professor of Christianity at University of Denver. She has a maste...

Dr. Dale Allison  is a Christian historian whose areas of expertise include the historical Jesus, the Gospel of Matthew, Second Temple Jewish literature, and the history of the interpretation and reception of the Bible. Allison is the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary (2013- ) and earned his PhD from Duke. This recording is among the first discussion...

Dr. Bill Fullilove is an ordained minister at  @McLeanPresbyterianChurch  and the first professor of Reformed Theological Seminary in Manhattan where he is professor of Old Testament and dean of students. He earned a bachelors from Princeton, an MDiv at RTS Orlando and a PhD in Semitic and Egyptian Languages at the catholic university of America. Our topic for today is one of these articles, title...

Gary Thomas is the author of numerous books that together have sold over two million copies, have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and won numerous awards, with emphasis on marriage, parenting, and spiritual formation. He's an adjunct faculty member at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon and is currently on the teaching team at Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch, CO...

Dr. David Hegg is the senior pastor at Grace baptist church in Santa Clarita California. He has a M.A. in theology from Western Baptist Seminary, and a D.Min from Westminster Theological Seminary in California. He's written several books, including "The Obedience Option, Because God Knows What's Good for Us." Our conversation focuses on the book and why it's important to obey God especially when i...

Jon Jorgenson is Creative and teaching pastor at Soul City Church in Chicago. Jon is a former broadway actor, has a massive youtube channel, and is the author of "Authentic Love: Everything I Learned about Jesus, I Learned from a Child." We talk about his early years combining his creative side with a desire to serve God and do ministry, and then move into his experience working with over 300 chur...

Dr. Patty Pell is Associate professor of theology, justice, and social advocacy at Denver Seminary and the executive director of the Gospel Initiative. The Gospel initiative conducts research and hosts conferences related to difficult issues in society intended to help pastors and ministry leaders navigate through the complexity for gospel engagement.  Dr. Pell has a PhD from the university of Abe...

Dr. Donovan McAbee is professor of religion and the arts at Belmont University. He is a poet, essayist, and theologian who writes for TIME magazine, the New York Times, the Hudson review, and others. He has a PhD from the University of St Andrews and an MDiv from Princeton theological seminary.  This episode centers on his recent article for TIME, "My Christian Faith Won't Let Me Vote for...

Dr. Francis Clooney is the Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of comparative theology at Harvard Divinity School. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and was the director of the study of world religions from 2010-2017. He's also a Catholic priest, and has been a member of the Jesuits for over 55 years. We're also joined this week with a classmate of mine, Liam Kenney. Ou...

Dr. Greg Lee associate is associate professor of theology and urban studies, the senior fellow of the Wheaton center for early Christian studies, and the theme coordinator of the Aequitas fellows program in urban leadership at Wheaton College. Dr. Lee olds an MDiv from Trinity Evangelical divinity school and a PhD from Duke University. This conversation focuses on St. Augustine and Dr. Lee's b...

Dr. Phil Ryken is the president of Wheaton College (IL).  He holds an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary and a PhD from the University of Oxford. He’s written more than 50 books, including his latest title,  I Have My Doubts: How God Can Use Your Uncertainty to Reawaken Your Faith.   Dr. Ryken joins TheologyU to discuss spiritual doubt and what to do when experiencing it. He explains how s...

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Dr. Amy Peeler (Phd, Princeton Theological Seminary) is the Kenneth T. Wessner professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. This episode focuses on Dr. Peeler's book Women and the Gender of God . In it, we discuss how God can transcend gender while Jesus simultaneously walked the earth as a male, and how common depictions of God the Father can be misleading. Dr. Peeler is well-known in Christian...

Dr. Dale Allison Jr. (Princeton Theological Seminary) is a historian who studies the  historical Jesus , the  Gospel of Matthew ,  Second Temple Jewish  literature, and the history of the interpretation and reception of the Bible. Allison has been called North America's most complete New Testament Scholar. This episode explores the historical argument for Jesus' existence, burial, and resurrection...

Dr. Joel Willitts (PhD, Cambridge University) is professor of biblical and theological studies at North Park theological seminary.

Dr. Scott Rice (Harvard University) is theologian in residence at High Rock church in Boston, MA. Scott joins TheologyU to discuss the dilemma of how God can interact with humans while being unbound by time. Is God immutable? How can he have relationships if he knows the future? His program, "Theoloogy Lab," can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@theologylab1?sub_confirmation=1 His recent boo...

Dr. John McKinley joins TheologyU from Biola University to discuss the term impeccability and why it matters.

Dr. Enoch Hill joins TheologyU to discuss the ways economics overlaps with faith and informs they way we live.

John-Mark Dyer joins TheologyU to talk sharing the gospel, social media, YWAM, and much more.

Dr. Miglio joins TheologyU to discuss the epic of Gilgamesh and other ancient flood accounts alongside the Old Testament.